I'd like to visit Pax Lodge for their evening Thinking Day activities (after Ally Pally)

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Brownie Guider

Well I don't know if we'd be able to get a meal out somewhere else in London for much less than £7, so I think that is really good value! Personally I'd vote for having dinner at Pax Lodge before the evening activities.

Guide Leader (GiC) & Forum Mod!

Good question about where to meet! Is the Alexandra Palace national rail station good for everyone? I can get there from my end of London easily enough (as well as Wood Green Underground). The event starts at 10.30am and they ask not to arrive before 10am, so I'd suggest meeting at 10am and then it's a 10/15min walk up there.

We're battling engineering works to get across from Ally Pally to Pax Lodge (helpfully Pax Lodge's closest stations are on the Northern line or London Overground and both are closed...) but I've figured out busses to get us there!

Brownie Guider

Sounds good to me, think I'll be arriving at wood green underground station too! We definitely have tickets then?! Do you want any money beforehand or can we pay it all on the day? Well done for sorting it out!

Brownie Guider

Wow, just had a look at how long it takes to get from Alexandra Palace to Pax Lodge, I didn't think they were that far apart, both being in North London! Obviously I was wrong as it takes over 1 hour to get between the 2! I guess that means we'll have to miss the very end of the Celebrate event if we want to get the meal at Pax Lodge by 5:30!

Guide Leader (GiC) & Forum Mod!

Yup, I have tickets (thank you Heathera & Jennab!) - they're all leader ones, I've informed Celebrate (they still helpfully haven't replied to me at all, but it's simply a direct switch on their booking) so as far as I'm concerned we're good to go! We can sort out monies at the weekend.

It's such a pain with the engineering works - otherwise I'd have prob suggested taking the Piccadilly Line from Wood Green to Caledonian Road and picked up the Overground there to Hampstead. If we leave Celebrate on the dot of 4pm though we should be fine for getting to Pax Lodge without missing the end - sometimes bus times are overestimated, plus we need to head in the opposite direction to Muswell Hill rather than the rail/underground stations for the bus (TFL's journey planner includes walking time and I reckon we can be there by 5.20pm). I'll need the bus back from Pax Lodge too - Euston is also prob the best place for me to head for.

Guide Leader (GiC) & Forum Mod!

I got a confirmation email from Pax Lodge today too for our dinner and evening activities So looks like we're all set! They had a facebook post earlier this morning saying they still had spaces though Loopy...

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We're battling engineering works to get across from Ally Pally to Pax Lodge (helpfully Pax Lodge's closest stations are on the Northern line or London Overground and both are closed...) but I've figured out busses to get us there!

Just a thought - is it possible/easy to walk to Pax Lodge from Finchley Road underground? I've never tried it (but then I haven't been to Pax for a very long time, so I can't really remember what routes we took!). It looks like it's less than a mile walk and the tubes seem to be running to there, but I don't know whether it would save us any journey time or whether the bus would be a better bet?

Guide Leader (GiC) & Forum Mod!

Good thought - it is possible to walk from Finchley Road, I think I've done it once... *goes to look*
Mm, we could go from Wood Green (either get the W3 bus as AP directions suggest or walk it), change at Kings Cross and take the Met line to Finchley Road. It's then about a 10/15 min walk to Pax Lodge. Either option could work, they look like they'll take about the same time in total.

We could decide tomorrow afternoon which to do as one option isn't significantly quicker than the other - if it looks like everyone is aiming for the bus to Wood Green station then perhaps we'll be better off heading the opposite way to Muswell Hill!

Brownie Guider

Good thought - it is possible to walk from Finchley Road, I think I've done it once... *goes to look*
Mm, we could go from Wood Green (either get the W3 bus as AP directions suggest or walk it), change at Kings Cross and take the Met line to Finchley Road. It's then about a 10/15 min walk to Pax Lodge. Either option could work, they look like they'll take about the same time in total.

We could decide tomorrow afternoon which to do as one option isn't significantly quicker than the other - if it looks like everyone is aiming for the bus to Wood Green station then perhaps we'll be better off heading the opposite way to Muswell Hill!

So just to confirm for tomorrow - aim for meeting at 10am at Alexandra Palace Station (it's pretty small so it shouldn't be too hard to spot each other!) eeek, so excited!

I'm going to get to Wood Green station just before 10, how do I get to Alexandra Palace Station from there? I'm going to be going home from Finchley Road after the activities at Pax lodge!
Can you just confirm how much money we need to pay? £15 for the Celebrate Tickets, £7 for dinner at Pax Lodge, and £5 for the evening activities?!? I just want to make sure I have enough!!